Holcosus orcesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Holcosus
Species: Holcosus orcesi

Name

Holcosus orcesi (Peters, 1964)

• Holotype: USNM 149655, adult ♂, collected by J.L. Peters on 28 February 1959.
• Type locality: “half kilometer northwest of Abdon Calderon, Azuay Province, [Ecuador,] at 1600 meters of altitude”.

Combinations

• Ameiva orcesi Peters, 1964: 123 [original combination]
• Holcosus orcesi — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet Jr., 2012: 118 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, J.A. 1964. The lizard genus Ameiva in Ecuador. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 63(3): 113–127. BHL
• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156. Preview Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Holcosus orcesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2018.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D., Yánez-Muñoz, M., Brito, J. & Sánchez, J. 2017. IUCN: Holcosus orcesi  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T49981813A49981970. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T49981813A49981970.en

Vernacular names

English: Peters' Ameiva